Ministers and legislators of the Congress have to obey the party high command’s decisions and contest the Lok Sabha elections if instructed to enter the poll fray, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao has said.
Mr. Rao told reporters in Bengaluru on Saturday that the party, which released its first list on Friday, would release its list in two or three phases. “We are ready to fight the elections. We have to obey the high command’s decisions and contest elections... All Ministers, MLAs, and MLCs have to fight elections if the high command instructs,” the Minister said.
Sources in the party said that many Ministers have distanced themselves from contesting the general elections and shown interest to field their sons or daughters if the party’s central leaders agreed.
